About

• Born in a small village in Satara district of Maharashtra in 1831, Savitribai Phule is known for her work as a social worker, poet, and teacher. 
• Savitribai, with her husband Jyotirao Phule, started India’s earliest girls’ school and became India’s first woman teacher and first Indian headmistress. 
• They also started the Balhatya Pratibandhak Griha (‘Home for the Prevention of Infanticide’) for pregnant widows facing discrimination. 
• In 1873, the Phules set up the Satyashodhak Samaj (‘Truth-seekers’ society’), a platform open to all, irrespective of their caste, religion or class hierarchies, with the sole aim of bringing social equity. 
• She strongly fought against child marriage and the Sati tradition, she advocated for the remarriage of widows and raised awareness on many other critical issues.
• Savitribai Phule wrote two books, Kavya Phule and Bavan Kashi Subodh Ratnakar, which are collections of her poems.